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8Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
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And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-14)The psalmist had suggested to us the goodness of God, as the proper matter of our cheerful praises; here he suggests to us the greatness of God as the proper matter of our awful praises; and on this he is most copious, because this we are less forward to consider. I. He asserts the doctrine of God’s greatness (Ps. 135:5): The Lord is great , great indeed, who knows no limits of time or place. He a…
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